the meek shall inherit nothing in album thing fish

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa (guitar, synclavier)
Steve Vai (guitar)
Ray White (guitar, vocals)
Tommy Mars (keyboards)
Chuck Wild (piano)
Arthur Barrow (bass)
Scott Thunes (bass)
Jay Anderson (string bass)
Ed Mann (percussion)
Chad Wackerman (drums)
Ike Willis (vocals)
Terry Bozzio (vocals)
Dale Bozzio (vocals)
Napoleon Murphy Brock (vocals)
Bob Harris (vocals)
Johnny Guitar Watson (vocals)

THING-FISH:
Welcome to the QUENTIN ROBERT DE NAMELAND VIDEO CHAPEL OF ECONOMIC WORSHIP!

ENSEMBLE: (singing)
Some take THE BIBLE
For what it s worth
When it says that THE MEEK
Shall inherit THE EARTH
Well, I heard that some Sheik
Has bought New Jersey last week,
N you suckers ain t gettin DOODLY!

Is all de MAMMYS really wrong,
If we s wandrin aroun
Wit de nakkin on?
Big ol lips like a duck,
While we s singin dis song,
(EVIL PRINCE, people, he cain t do NOTHIN !)

THING-FISH:
You say yo life a BUM DEAL ,
N yo UP AGAINST DE WALL ?
Well, people, you ain t got no kinda
DEAL at all!

Now de shit dey be doin
Down in WASHINGTUM,

ENSEMBLE:
Dey just takes care

THING-FISH:
Dey takin care

ENSEMBLE:
Of number one

THING-FISH:
O NUMBER ONE ,

ENSEMBLE:
An NUMBER ONE ain t YOU!

THING-FISH:
Oh no! It ain t you or you!

ENSEMBLE:
YOU ain t even NUMBER TWO !

THING-FISH:
(Push de button, pull dat chain,
Out come dat lil brown
Choo-choo train!)

ENSEMBLE:
Those JESUS-FREAKS,
Well, they re friendly, BUT,
The SHIT they BELIEVE
Has got their minds ALL SHUT,

An they don t even CARE
When THE CHURCH takes a CUT !
(Ain t it BLEAK when you ve got so much NOTHIN ?)

THING-FISH:
So whaddya do?

ENSEMBLE:
EAT that PORK!
EAT that HAM!
Laugh till ya choke
On BILLY GRAHAM!
BROWN MOSES, AARON, n ABRAHAM:
They re ALL a waste of TIME,
N it s YOUR ASS that s ON THE LINE!

THING-FISH:
Wohhhhhh, heah me talkin to ya, now,
IT S YOUR ASS THAT S ON THE LINE!

ENSEMBLE:
Do what you WANNA,

THING-FISH:
Ohh! Do what ya wanna!

ENSEMBLE:
Do WHAT YOU WILL,

THING-FISH:
Do what you will!

ENSEMBLE:
Just DON T MESS UP

THING-FISH:
Don t mess it!

ENSEMBLE:
YOUR NEIGHBOR S THRILL,

THING-FISH:
Dat s right!

ENSEMBLE:
N when you PAY THE BILL,

THING-FISH:
Aww, when y pay de bill...

ENSEMBLE:
Kindly LEAVE A LITTLE TIP,

THING-FISH:
One-Adam-Twelve...

ENSEMBLE:
And help the NEXT POOR SUCKER

THING-FISH:
See de sucker...

ENSEMBLE:
On his ONE WAY TRIP!
(SOME TAKE THE BIBLE!)

THING-FISH:
Aw, gimme a half a duzzning fo de hotel ruim!